Greed holds budget hostage
Once the General Appropriations Act is passed, the executive suddenly discovers it alone gets to decide which projects live and which die.
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Once the General Appropriations Act is passed, the executive suddenly discovers it alone gets to decide which projects live and which die.
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Department of Migrant Workers said 342 Filipinos from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates arrived in the country on Friday afternoon via a…
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More than 80 percent of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned to the Philippines amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East still want to work…
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Five Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) safely returned to the country from Lebanon on 8 April, arriving on the Turkish Airlines flight TK084 at the Ninoy Aquino…
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More than 80 percent of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who returned to the Philippines amid the ongoing Middle East conflict still want to work abroad,…
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Senator Loren Legarda on 9 April 2026 pressed the Department of Agriculture (DA) for failing to present a clear and actionable response to rising oil…
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Deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Middle East has begun to decline, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said.
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Congress moved roughly P303 billion in programmed items — the Armed Forces of the Philippines modernization, universal tertiary education, personal benefits,…
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A group of retired military officers has called on the Supreme Court (SC) to promptly resolve pending “high-profile cases” involving constitutional…
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The Supreme Court heard pointed arguments on Tuesday questioning the legality of “unprogrammed appropriations” (UA) in the national budget.
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Two banners are raised — not of party but of principle. One stands for truth, humility, discipline, and service. The other for vanity, expediency, deception,…
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The persistence of corruption suggests a disconnect between personal faith and public conduct, often described as the divide between private morality and…
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The CIDG has yet to issue a formal statement regarding the continued guard at the arena, with officers on-site deferring to their superiors for comment.
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Another batch of Filipinos from Qatar returned to the Philippines on Sunday night, 5 April, as part of the government’s repatriation efforts amid the ongoing…
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The Supreme Court will begin hearing petitions this week challenging provisions in the 2026 national budget that allow the continued use of unprogrammed funds,…
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The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said 177 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families have safely returned to the Philippines from Kuwait amid…
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The Department of Transportation (DoTr) said on Tuesday that it is allocating P1 billion from its 2026 budget to implement service contracting for drivers in…
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Vacillation will not serve the country, as an economist said; if the expectation is that things will get worse, then it’s time to implement determined measures…
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